In this section, Dr. Nathan spoke to international students about how American College life differs from the College life in their homes. I found their opinions to be very interesting. I was very surprised when I read the the Japanese student’s opinion that “the Japanese would consider each other too much to be able to do group projects together.” I thought that was a very strange thing to say. I can’t imagine the concept of “considering” someone else so much that it becomes difficult to actually work with them on an assignment. I’ve never had a thought like that when considering my fellow classmates. Honestly, it seems like such a trivial thing to work with other people together on a project.
They also spoke about the concept of friendship in America, and the lax regulations of classrooms and professors. I think it’s interesting that to most people, the professors at American Universities seem more willing to help than the ones at home. I believe that a professor should help their students to excel, and it doesn’t seem to me that professors in other nations do that. I also found the foreign students’ opinions on friendship in america to be interesting. I did not think that American students seem to be “falsely” friendly to students who grew up in different nations. I have not experienced this form of friendliness among others personally, but I have experienced other American student’s distance and sense of individualism. I was surprised to hear that in other cultures, friends would invite each other to their houses in order to meet their family. I personally would never think of doing that, and most of my friends don’t do that either.
In this section, Dr. Nathan spoke to international students about how American College life differs from the College life in their homes. I found their opinions to be very interesting. I was very surprised when I read the the Japanese student’s opinion that “the Japanese would consider each other too much to be able to do group projects together.” I thought that was a very strange thing to say. I can’t imagine the concept of “considering” someone else so much that it becomes difficult to actually work with them on an assignment. I’ve never had a thought like that when considering my fellow classmates. Honestly, it seems like such a trivial thing to work with other people together on a project.
They also spoke about the concept of friendship in America, and the lax regulations of classrooms and professors. I think it’s interesting that to most people, the professors at American Universities seem more willing to help than the ones at home. I believe that a professor should help their students to excel, and it doesn’t seem to me that professors in other nations do that. I also found the foreign students’ opinions on friendship in america to be interesting. I did not think that American students seem to be “falsely” friendly to students who grew up in different nations. I have not experienced this form of friendliness among others personally, but I have experienced other American student’s distance and sense of individualism. I was surprised to hear that in other cultures, friends would invite each other to their houses in order to meet their family. I personally would never think of doing that, and most of my friends don’t do that either.